Re: Steps to startup an Oracle7 server and a database running on it

You need to go to the Oracle web site and register as a developer. That will give you access to Oracle documentation and you will find a complete description of how to create a pfile, create your NT services and create a database.

Van

News Luc wrote in message <79ceah$c55$1_at_alpha.luc.ac.be>...
>Hi there,
>
>I have started to setup an Oracle Server on Windows NT 4.0. My problems are
>the following:
>
>After installing the server on my PC I want to create my own database
>(offcourse). The problem is I don't know what tool to user to create a
>database under oracle or which files to modify???
>Another problem is that every Oracle tool (like Server Manager) needs me
to
>login. When I installed the Oracle Server I had to give a username and a
>password and a database entry. The settings I filled in during the
>installation appear not to work??? And I also have to give a Service Name
>which I don't know what it means????
>
>If anybody can give me some hints or a reference to some documents that can
>help me out for creating a database under Oracle and configure it
>afterwards, I would be very happy????
>
>Thanks Jim
>
>
Received on Thu Feb 04 1999 - 18:47:07 CST